I've listened to both Perlisten S7T and the entire Persona series on many occasions. A couple of years ago I had the opportunity to do a direct A/B comparison of the S7T vs Persona 9H. Keep in mind that the 9H is ~2x the price of the S7T (standard edition) and to that point they should sound better. My listening test was purely 2ch music listening with my own tracks and I found the 9H sound preferable in nearly every test. The S7T still sound very good but not quite to the level of the 9H IMO.
That said use case matters a lot here. If I were building a predominantly home theater system, I would probably go Perlisten. For a primarily music focused system, I'd go with the Persona. FWIW, I also prefer the look of the Personas over the Perlisten.
